. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/344 
23 July 2009  
 (09-3615) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Commission of the European Communities.  Health & Consumers 
Directorate-General,  Directorate E – Safety of the food chain 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food from animal origin 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  "Commission Regulation (EC) No 124/2009 of 10 
February 2009 setting maximum levels for th e presence of coccidiostats or histomonostats 
in food resulting from the unavoidable carry-over of these substances in non-target feed" Language:  English  Number of pages:  5 
EN:  http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:040:0007:0011:EN:PDF  
FR:  http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:040:0007:0011:FR:PDF  
ES:  http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriSer v.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:040:0007:0011:ES:PDF  
 
or 
 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/EEC/09_2460_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2009/sps/EEC/09_2460_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/EEC/09_2460_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Due to the fact that the unavoidabl e carry-over of coccidiostats or 
histomonostats into non-target feed (i.e. feed in which the use of the coccidiostat/histomonostat was not intended) ma y result in the presence of these substances 
as contaminants in derived food of non-target animal species (i.e. animal species for which 
the use of the coccidiostat/histomonostat is not authorised and/or intended), it is 
appropriate to take a comprehensive and inte grated approach to address the issue through 
the simultaneous adoption and application of this Regulation and the Directive 2009/8/EC 
setting maximum levels for the unavoidable carry -over of coccidiostats or histomonostats 
into non-target feed. G/SPS/N/EEC/344 
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   The maximum levels set in the Annex to this Regulation should be continuously adapted to 
changes of maximum residue le vels (MRL) established for the specific food concerned and 
are without prejudice to MRLs established by other Community legislation. 
The provisions provided in Annex should be reviewed by 1 July 2011 at the latest to take 
account of developments in sci entific and technical knowledge.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[ X ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [   ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  - 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  10 February 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  11 February 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 July 2009 
[ X ] Trade facilitating measure 
Establishment of tolerance levels following th e unavoidable carry-over in non-target feed. 
In the absence of these tolerance le vels, the zero tolerance applies.  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Comments welcome anytime in view of the foreseen 
review. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
sps@ec.europa.eu 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
sps@ec.europa.eu